Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III. - Page 11

denphone · 08-07-2011, 20:49

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Originally Posted by richard1960

If F1 has to leave the BBC which i hope it does not,then C4 would be better for the majority then sky,so yes i hope they would bid as well.

Yes l totally agree with you.

busboy125 · 08-07-2011, 20:50

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Originally Posted by richard1960

Bernie Ecclestone has stated in the past he wants a mass market for F1 that is why it is not already on Sky he prefers terrestrial tv for F1 ,i did hear that C4 were interested in F1 now the BBC are cutting costs.

Oh great!! F1 with lots of adverts throughout the race. Thought those days were over when the BBC got the coverage. I really hope the BBC can keep hold of it.

muppetman11 · 08-07-2011, 20:50

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Originally Posted by richard1960

If F1 has to leave the BBC which i hope it does not,then C4 would be better for the majority then sky,so yes i hope they would bid as well.

Agreed, all sport would be better on terrestrial if only

08-07-2011, 20:51

Even better, they just scrap BBC Three and pay for the F1 with that.

denphone · 08-07-2011, 20:53

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Originally Posted by busboy125

Oh great!! F1 with lots of adverts throughout the race. Thought those days were over when the BBC got the coverage. I really hope the BBC can keep hold of it.

But with a reduction in their license fee the odds on them keeping it are receding.

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

Even better, they just scrap BBC Three and pay for the F1 with that.

No there are some interesting programmes on BBC Three.

08-07-2011, 20:59

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Originally Posted by denphone

No there are some interesting programmes on BBC Three.

Such as? I'm sure Family Guy is costing them a bomb with FX and Sky breathing down their necks. One or two of their comedy drama shows could be on BBC One. Embarrasing (sp?) Illnesses could be broadcast on BBC One also and it seems everything else is a throwaway documentary. The only downfall (in my opinion) is loosing a channel that could be used for sport when there is lots on and even then (to the dismay of) BBC Four (viewers) it could just be put on there.

denphone · 08-07-2011, 21:01

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

Such as? I'm sure Family Guy is costing them a bomb with FX and Sky breathing down their necks. One or two of their comedy drama shows could be on BBC One. Embarrasing (sp?) Illnesses could be broadcast on BBC One also and it seems everything else is a throwaway documentary. The only downfall (in my opinion) is loosing a channel that could be used for sport when there is lots on and even then (to the dismay of) BBC Four (viewers) it could just be put on there.

They have had some excellent music programmes on there as well as having some good factual and documentary programmes as well.

08-07-2011, 21:12

Regardless, they're planning to stop showing all the super-cheap-to-broadcast US shows on weekday afternoons plus they already show BBC News at nightime despite the fact 97% of the UK can watch the BBC News channel. There are multiple hours of schedule that need to be filled. Drop F1 and there's 6 hours every two weeks to be filled, some of it primetime.

So some money needs to come from somewhere and for the next few years, it can't be us.

denphone · 08-07-2011, 21:20

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

Regardless, they're planning to stop showing all the super-cheap-to-broadcast US shows on weekday afternoons plus they already show BBC News at nightime despite the fact 97% of the UK can watch the BBC News channel. There are multiple hours of schedule that need to be filled. Drop F1 and there's 6 hours every two weeks to be filled, some of it primetime.

So some money needs to come from somewhere and for the next few years, it can't be us.

They could put a lot of their archived programmes on BBC 3 and BBC 4 in my mind.

08-07-2011, 21:22

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Originally Posted by denphone

They could put a lot of their archived programmes on BBC 3 and BBC 4 in my mind.

They sell programs to BBC Worldwide for DVD, International channels, SeeSaw and repeats on UKTV. How much is left, I don't know.

denphone · 08-07-2011, 21:29

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

They sell programs to BBC Worldwide for DVD, International channels, SeeSaw and repeats on UKTV. How much is left, I don't know.

The BBC have huge archives and there is a lot that has not been shown yet.

08-07-2011, 21:31

If they cut BBC Four then I doubt BBC Three would be the place for anything from the archives. Vice versa though and it pretty much works perfectly so maybe you have something there.

muppetman11 · 08-07-2011, 21:34

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Originally Posted by denphone

Yes l have to say as well that ESPN in my mind at the moment in the UK seem to be shopping in the bargain basement in their purchasing of certain sports rights and we shall see in the next year or two whether they are prepared to take on SKY.

ESPN were rumoured to be very interested in super league and look what happened http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...-league-rights

ESPN really need to up their game , one they could take BSKYB on with is NFL by trying to capture the Sunday games.

denphone · 08-07-2011, 21:38

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

ESPN were rumoured to be very interested in super league and look what happened http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...-league-rights

ESPN really need to up their game , one they could take BSKYB on with is NFL by trying to capture the Sunay games.

Yes l agree that there are many sports rights including NFL that they could get so we shall see their intent in the next 12 months.

alwaysabear · 09-07-2011, 02:05

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

ESPN were rumoured to be very interested in super league and look what happened http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...-league-rights

ESPN really need to up their game , one they could take BSKYB on with is NFL by trying to capture the Sunday games.

I would love that to happen ! I could save myself some money by waving goodbye to Sky sports.